Sentence examples for because it was set off from inspiring English sources

This downturn is different, many economists say, because it was set off by troubles in the financial sector.

It is set off by commas because the information isn't essential to the sentence.

But the adoption also could make at least one-third of the trust fair game in the lawsuit; initially, the judge in the civil case had ruled the trust off limits because it was set up for Mr. Goodman's two teenage children, who cannot access the funds until they are 35.

Lawyers for TCW had previously pointed to a conference call Mr. Gundlach held several days after he was fired, in which he told investors in TCW's fixed-income funds that the firm was trying to "shanghai the funds" and said they were not legally bound to stay invested because of a "key man" provision that was set off with Mr. Gundlach's departure.

Ahmanson then pointed out that the award belonged to both Allen and his wife, Dixie, because "indeed they are a team". The controversy was set off by a statement in a wide-ranging speech by Howard I. Friedman, a local attorney and immediate past national president of AJC, who attacked the South African government's policy of apartheid.

"I'm not going to tell you the precise details of the second occasion because all it will do is set off a rather absurd molehunt in the fashion of today's newspapers, which are seeking to name Michael Gove.

Because they are set off by a passive infrared sensor, they cannot be thwarted by electronic jamming.

Because they are set off by a passive infrared sensor, the kind of motion detector that turns on security lights, they cannot be countered by electronic jamming.

Because she is set off against this unremitting uxoriousness, this Valentine's card of a campaign, Hillary seems so very alone.

(Unless it will get you killed because that person is set off by anything) Gain backup.

This was particularly true, he said, because they can be set off accidentally and administer a substantial voltage and serious pain.